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The 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification was a series of tournaments organised by the six FIFA confederations. The 2014 FIFA World Cup featured 32 teams, with one place reserved for the host nation, Brazil. The remaining 31 places were determined by a qualification process, in which the other 207 teams, from the six FIFA confederations, competed.
The qualification process started on 7 September 2012, over two months after the end of UEFA Euro 2012, and ended on 19 November 2013. Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, England, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Russia, Spain, and Switzerland qualified in the first round by winning their groups.
The 2014 FIFA World Cup will feature 32 teams. The hosts, Brazil, have been allocated a place- however, the defending champions, Spain, have not been given an automatic place. A complex qualification process will determine the remaining 31 places- here is how teams can qualify.
- Overview
- Format
- Seeding
- First round
- Second round
- Discipline
- Goalscorers
- External links
The European Zone of qualification for the 2014 FIFA World Cup saw 53 teams competing for 13 places at the finals in Brazil. The qualification process started on 7 September 2012 and ended on 19 November 2013. There were nine winners of each qualifying group as well as the winners of four play-offs between group runners-up.
Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, England, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Russia, Spain, and Switzerland qualified in the first round by winning their groups. Croatia, France, Greece, and Portugal qualified via the second round play-offs.
All 53 UEFA national teams entered qualification, aiming to secure one of the 13 European Zone slots for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The draw for the qualification groups was held at the World Cup Preliminary Draw at the Marina da Glória in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 30 July 2011. The qualification format was the same as 2010. The teams were drawn int...
The July 2011 FIFA World Rankings were used to seed the teams. In consideration of the delicate political situations of the relationships between Armenia and Azerbaijan as well as relations between Russia and Georgia, UEFA requested that FIFA maintain the current UEFA policy not to draw these teams into the same qualification groups – although as Armenia and Azerbaijan were in the same pot they could not be drawn together anyway. The mechanism for keeping Russia and Georgia apart was confirmed by the FIFA Organising Committee on 29 July 2011.
Teams were allocated to seeding pots as follows (July 2011 FIFA Rankings shown in brackets; the countries which eventually qualified for the final tournament are emboldened):
Summary
Winner of each group qualified directly for the 2014 FIFA World Cup The eight best runners-up among all nine groups advanced to the second round (play-offs) Other teams were eliminated after the first round
Ranking of second-placed teams
Because one group has one team fewer than the others, matches against the last-placed team in each of the six-team groups are not included in this ranking. As a result, eight matches played by each team counted for the purposes of the second-placed table. The eight best runners-ups determined by the following parameters in this order: 1.Highest number of points 2.Goal difference 3.Highest number of goals scored
Seeding and draw
The second round draw took place at the headquarters of FIFA in Zurich on 21 October 2013. The October 2013 FIFA World Rankings were used to decide which of the teams would be seeded (shown below in brackets). The following teams participated in the second round:
Matches
The matches were played on 15 and 19 November 2013.
In the qualification tournament, a player would be suspended for the subsequent match in the competition for either getting red card or accumulating two yellow cards in two different matches. UEFA's Control and Disciplinary body has the ability to increase the automatic one match ban for a red card (e.g., for violent conduct). Single yellow card ca...
There were 749 goals in 268 matches, for an average of 2.79 goals per match.
11 goals
•Robin van Persie
10 goals
•Edin Džeko
8 goals
•Results and schedule (FIFA.com version)
•Results and schedule (UEFA.com version)
The 9 group winners will qualify directly to the 2014 FIFA World Cup, and the 8 best runners-up (determined by records against the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 5th placed teams only for balance between different groups) will be drawn in two-legged play-offs to determine the other four qualifying nations. UEFA-Europe Group Stage. UEFA-Europe Playoffs.
The FIFA World Cup qualification is a set of competitive matches that a national association football team plays in order to qualify for one of the available berths at the final tournament of the men's FIFA World Cup.
The 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification was a series of tournaments organised by the six FIFA confederations. The 2014 FIFA World Cup featured 32 teams, with one place reserved for the host nation, Brazil. The remaining 31 places were determined by a qualification process, in which the other 207 teams
